NHL Best Bets for November 19: Central Division Showdown in St Louis
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Eric Kelly
- November 19, 2024
Top NHLPick: Wild -1.5 (+155) at BetOnline (visit our BetOnline Review)
With seven games on our NHL betting card tonight we see plenty of potential for some solid winners on the ice tonight. There is a lot of strong matchups and we are looking to target two plus-money bets.
The St. Louis Blues play host to Division rivals the Minnesota Wild and we expect that to be a feisty game. Elsewhere, we are targeting the Blackhawks’ star player to have a star night on home ice against a poor traveling Ducks team.
Minnesota Wild vs. St Louis Blues
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 – 08:00 PM ET at Enterprise Center
Expect Fire Works
Although Minnesota-St Louis isn’t exactly a “traditional” NHL rivalry, it has turned into a super spectacle in recent years as the Blues and Minnesota have built up a grudge match, to say the least. They both play in the same division and both have a rivalry against the Chicago Blackhawks, although their own rivalry generally depends on how each team is doing, in recent seasons they have almost always been fighting for the same space.
Their previous five matchups have seen 64 penalty minutes as well as 4 of 5 games that went under the 5.5 line total. St Louis comes into this game having gone 3-7 in their previous 10, while the Wild have gone 6-4 in their last 10.
Minnesota currently sits 2nd in the Western Conference, while the St Louis Blues are 12th overall.
Team Trends
- The Minnesota Wild are 11-6 ATS thus far this season.
- The Wild have the best ATS record on the road going 8-2.
- Minnesota are 10-4 in their last 14 games.
The Pick
The Minnesota Wild are not only the best ATS team in the NHL at the minute, but they have also managed to go 3-2 on the -1.5 PK line during their previous five visits to the Enterprise Center.
The Wild are currently on a 7-0 ATS streak on the road when they have won the game, although they have suffered some defeats, they have covered the spread in each of their previous seven road games.
It’s hard to ignore the fact in this one, the value 100% lies on the Wild to cover the spread on the road, and at the current odds of +155 NHL betting odds we would happily place this bet on them to do so and see value in this line down to odds as low as +135.
NHL Pick: Wild -1.5 (+155) at BetOnline
Anaheim Ducks vs. Chicago Blackhawks
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 – 08:30 PM ET at United Center
Bedard to Bounce Back on Home Ice
It’s been a small drought for Connor Bedard in recent games, having now gone three games without a point for the Chicago Blackhawks. That said, we do have confidence in the fact that Bedard can get back to scoring ways against tonight’s opposition.
The Anaheim Ducks have lost 5 of their previous 6 road games thus far this season and during their previous visit to the United Center, they suffered a 7-2 whopping, a game in which Bedard managed five points that night.
Connor Bedard Trends
- Connor Bedard is the Blackhawks’ top points scorer thus far this season having scored 13 points in 18 games, he was also their top scorer last season.
- Bedard has scored 1/5/0/3 points against the Ducks in his career.
The Pick
Bedard has only faced the Anaheim Ducks on four occasions but has averaged 2.1 points per game, plus the fact he scored 5 points the last time he faced them on home ice and he even managed three points when they last met in California.
Bedard has 8 of his 13 points in 6 games won this season, and we believe the Blackhawks are in with a chance to win this one.
Bedard is currently priced at +130 to see over 1.5 points in tonight’s game and we are expecting him to look for a big night, having had success against the Ducks previously and having gone on a 0-3 scoring streak.
+130 is a nice set of odds for Bedard to have 2+ points and we would bet this number down to as low as +120.
NHL Pick: Connor Bedard Over 1.5 Points (+130) at BetOnline
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